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WILLIAMS. 



INDEX. 



YOUATT. 



Williams, Mr., intercrossing of straw- 

 berries, i. 374. 



WiLLiAMSOJJ,Capt., degeneration of dogs 

 in India, i. 39 ; on small Indian asses, 

 i. 65. 



Williamson, Rev. W., doubling of 

 Anemone coronaria by selection, ii. 

 184. 



Willows, weeping, i. 385; reversion of 

 spiral-leaved weeping, i. 408 ; hy- 

 brids of, ii. 255; galls of, ii. 272, 

 273. 



WiLLUGHBY, F., notice of spot pigeons, 

 i. 164; on a fantail pigeon, i. 218; 

 on tumbler pigeons, i. 219 ; on the 

 turbit, ibid. ; on the barb and carrier 

 pigeons, i. 221; on the hook-billed 

 duck, i. 291. 



WiLMOT, Mr., on a crested white Turkey- 

 cock, 1. 309 ; reversion of sheep in 

 colour, ii. 3. 



Wilson, B. 0., fertility of hybrids of 

 humped and ordinary cattle in Tas- 

 mania, i. 87. 



Wilson, Dr., prepotency of the Manx 

 over the common cat, ii. 41. 



Wilson, James, origin of dogs, i. 16. 



Wilson, Mr., on prepotency of trans- 

 mission in sheep, ii. 45 ; on the 

 breeding of bulls, ii. 180. 



Wings, proportionate length of, in dif- 

 ferent breeds of pigeons, i. 185, 186; 

 of fowls, eflects of disuse on, i. 284, 

 285 ; characters and variations of, in 

 ducks, i. 299-301 ; diminution of, in 

 birds of small islands, i. 301, 302. 



Wing-feathers, number of, in pigeons, 

 i. 167 ; variability of, in fowls, i. 

 271. 



Wolf, recent existence of, in Ireland, i. 

 16; barking of young, i. 27 ; hybrids 

 of, with the dog, i. 33, 



WoLF-oOG, black, of Florida, i. 2?. 



Wolves, North American, their resem- 

 blance to dogs of the same region, i. 

 21, 22 ; burrowing of, i. 27. 



Woodbury, Mr., crossing of the Li- 

 gurian and common hive bees, i. 

 314, ii. 107; variability of bees, i. 

 314. 



tVooDWARD, S. p., on Arctic Mollusca, 

 ii. 244. 



Wood, Willoughby, reversion from a 



cross, ii. 15; on Mr. Bates' cattle, ii. 



96. 

 WoOLER, W. A., on the young of the 



Himalayan rabbit, i. 114; persistency 



of the coloured calyx in a crossed 



polyanthus, i. 389. 

 WOU-VDS, healing of, ii. 284. 

 Wright, J., production of crippled 



calves by shorthorned cattle, ii. 97; 



on selection in cattle, ii. 178 ; effect 



of close inter-breeding on pigs, ii. 



101; deterioration of game-cocks by 



close interbreeding, ii. 105. 

 Wright, Strethill, on the develo])- 



ment of the hydroida, ii. 564. 

 Wyman, Dr., on Niata cattle, and on a 



similar malformation in the codfish, 



i. 93; on Virginian pigs, ii. 212; 



browsing under water, ii. 294. 



XenophoN, on the colours of huntiug 



dogs, ii, 194. 

 XiMENES, Cardinal, regulations for the 



selection of rams, ii. 188. 



" Yaiiu," the name of the pigeon in 

 Persia, i. 163. 



Yaks, domestication of, i. 86 ; selection 

 of white-tailed, ii. 190. 



Yam, development of axillary bulbs in 

 the, ii. 153, 



Yarrell, Mr., deficiency of teeth in 

 hairless dogs, i. 36, ii. 319 ; on ducks, 

 i. 294, ii. 250 ; characters of do- 

 mestic goose, resembling those of 

 Ans(r albifrons, i. 303 ; whiteness of 

 ganders, ibid- ; variations in gold- 

 fish, i. 312, 313 ; assumption of male 

 plumage by the hen-pheasant, ii. 26 ; 

 effect of castration upon the cock, ii. 

 26, 27 ; breeding of the skyl.trk in 

 j captivity, ii. 137 ; plumage of the 

 male linnet in confinement, ii. 141 ; 

 on the dingo, ii. 251. 



Yellow fever, in Mexico, ii. 266. 



Yew, tasrigate. ii. 228. 



Yew, Irish, hardy in New York, ii. 

 299. 



Yew, weeping, i. 385 ; propagation of, 

 by seed, i. 461. 



YoLK, variations of, in the eggs of 

 ducks, i. 295. 



Youatt, Mr., history of the dog, i. 17, 



